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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
85
A SMALL CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SQUARE-SECTION VASE
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The vase is enamelled around the bulbous mid-section with geometric scrolls,
the tall foot is decorated with archaistic taotie masks and the flaring neck
bears stiff leaves. The sides are applied with flanges in gilt metal.
5 1/2 in. (14 cm) high
£6,000-10,000 US$7,700-13,000
€6,600-11,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired in Germany before 1989.

重要歐洲私人珍藏
清乾隆 掐絲琺瑯饕餮紋四方出戟尊
來源:
於1989年前購自德國

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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
86
A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL CENSER AND COVER, FANGDING
QIANLONG CAST FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
(1736-1795)

The tapering rectangular censer has twin upright handles and is decorated 重要歐洲私人珍藏
to each side with raised flanges separating a taotie mask below a band of
archaistic kui dragons, all supported on four blade-shaped legs emerging from 清乾隆 掐絲琺瑯饕餮紋出戟方鼎 「乾隆年製」楷書刻款
mythical-beast terminals. The reticulated gilt-metal cover is decorated with 來源:
pierced foliage and enamelled with angular scrolls and is surmounted by a 於1989年前購自德國
finial in the shape of a Buddhist lion with a be-ribboned brocade ball.
15 3/4 in. (40 cm.) high 出版:
Gunhild Gabbert Avitabile博士《Die Ware aus dem Teufelsland, Chinesische und japanische
£20,000-40,000 US$26,000-51,000 Cloisonné – und Champlevé-Arbeiten von 1400 bis 1900》德國, 1981年, 編號79
€22,000-44,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired in Germany before 1989.
LITERATURE:
Dr. Gunhild Gabbert Avitabile, Die Ware aus dem Teufelsland, Chinesische und
japanische Cloisonné – und Champlevé-Arbeiten von 1400 bis 1900, Germany,
1981, cat. no. 79
(mark)

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